Potatoes Evolved from Ancient Tomatoes, Study Reveals
TL;DR
A recent study reveals that modern potatoes evolved from a hybridization event between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America around nine million years ago, highlighting the significant role of ancient hybridization in evolution and opening new avenues for potato breeding.
- Surprising Study Finds Potatoes Evolved From Tomato Ancestor ScienceAlert
- What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato. The New York Times
- Potatoes from tomatoes? Popular starchy vegetable derived from ancient interbreeding, researchers say CBS News
- The modern potato evolved from a wild tomato fling 9 million years ago, scientists say CNN
- Surprise in the plant family: The potato is the daughter of the tomato EL PAÍS English
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